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Mime Clearance Team

Send 'em in, shoot 'em if they scream.
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Landmines are a scourge left behind as a byproduct of war. They kill and maim thousands every year. Mimes, on the other hand, are a scourge foisted upon us by the French, with their "wedicuwous stwiped shirts and blanc gloves".

The solution is to combine the two: Send mimes, hands over their ears, into minefields, stomping tentatively ahead of them, to rid the world of abandoned anti-personnel ordnance.

You know you want to.

UnaBubba, Oct 25 2008

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       We do, we do .... [+]
8th of 7, Oct 25 2008
  

       Deployed from a helicopter, they can rappel on imaginary rope.
Amos Kito, Oct 25 2008
  

       The blast from a mine is a considerable explosion - which of course can be regarded as essentially a sudden movement of air from one location to its nearby spaces, and it is this shift in the mass of air that results in a significant portion of the destruction.
Ian Tindale, Oct 25 2008
  

       Er, no, [Ian], it's actually the shock wave, plus opportunistic projectiles (unless it's a fragmentation AP mine). The air molecules move forwards, backwards, and then pretty much back to their original position, transmitting energy in the process.
8th of 7, Oct 25 2008
  

       Oh, in that case, the polo-necked ones would entertainingly put their hands out to fight against the shock wave whilst leaning and pretending to run into the force, which moves the air forwards, backwards, then pretty much back to their original position.
Ian Tindale, Oct 25 2008
  

       Sounds like mime abuse to me. What would Marcel Marceau say about this? Probably nothing since he's dead. (sorry that was tasteless)
theGem, Oct 25 2008
  

       Not dead enough .... you can't trust 'em. Not only a mime, but French as welll ..... better stake him through the heart again, just to be sure.
8th of 7, Oct 25 2008
  

       You can't be certain a mime is dead until it's been dismembered. They're clever little buggers who can pretend almost anything in very convincing style.
UnaBubba, Oct 25 2008
  
      
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